Steven F Magowan

US Patent:

20190376991, Dec 12, 2019

Filed:

Jul 18, 2017

Appl. No.:

16/316057

Inventors:

- [Tarrytown NY, US
Steven Magowan - Elkton MD, US
Govindraj Peesapati - Monmouth Junction NJ, US
Robert Kachelries - West Chester PA, US

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. - Tarrytown NY

International Classification:

G01N 35/00
G16H 40/40

Abstract:

Methods of predicting failures of in vitro diagnostic instruments. The methods include monitoring with one or more monitoring devices associated with one or more components of the in vitro diagnostic instrument, one or more condition-based maintenance (CBM) parameters of the in vitro diagnostic instrument, providing the one or more condition-based maintenance parameters to a local database, transmitting condition-based maintenance data to a remote service location, storing the condition-based maintenance data at the remote service location, analyzing the condition-based maintenance data according to a failure prediction engine including failure prediction criteria, and performing an action based on predefined deviation from the failure prediction criteria. Apparatus configured to carry out the methods are provided, as are other aspects.